NEW COURSE: Interaction with newly-diagnosed

Blood Cancer Patient Advocates Academy now announces the call for registration for the online course “Interaction with newly-diagnosed” that is now OPEN.

WHO THIS COURSE IS INTENDED FOR AND WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE?

CML, Acute leukemia, CLL and MPN patient advocates/representatives are invited to register for this course. It is free to enroll for all interested patient advocates.

How do patient advocates deal with complex requests from newly diagnosed patients? Learn communication techniques, effective strategies, coping mechanisms, and strategies to better address and respond to complex inquiries, and get practical tips to offer the best support to the newly diagnosed while keeping your mental health well.

HOW MUCH TIME WILL IT TAKE ONCE ENROLLED?
The course will run for 5 weeks, from April 26 to May 31, and consists of more than 6+ hours of e-learning content.

While all educational material, e-learning lessons that are divided into 3 separate segments, will unlock one by one, once a week, and you will be able to take those online lessons at your convenience and your pace, dates to keep in mind are Week 2 (May 3) and Week 5 (May 24) during which course participants will be assigned a video task on a requested topic to prepare and send for the analysis, as the best way to practice techniques and apply acquired knowledge.

This course is delivered in English.
CHECK THE DATES AND EXPLORE MORE HERE

COURSE CONTENT: WHAT WILL YOU LEARN/HEAR FROM?
What is the psychological approach to individuals with blood cancers, how patient advocates might feel, how they can support themselves and newly diagnosed patients, gain a roadmap for identifying and preventing burnout syndrome, and guidance on how to respond if it occurs. Counterintuitive approach to ‘treatment’ explains the psychological processes newly diagnosed individuals go through, introducing a new perspective to bring a sense of control over patients’ lives, hear from Psychotherapist and social worker Andrea Nenadic.

To equip patient advocates with essential knowledge and skills to effectively support individuals and families facing a hematological cancer diagnosis, hear from clinical health psychologists, specialized in psychosocial oncology, Cristian Neves Escaffi.

Best practices and good strategies, and deeper insights into the interaction with newly diagnosed patients, tackling all its aspects, our dedicated patient advocates share their more than a decade-long vast experiences through an expert professional background: Jennifer Wilson, Senior Information Specialist from Leukamia & Lymphoma Society, Cristian Neves Escaffi, Clinical Health Psychologists, and Diego Villalon Garcia, Social worker and Co-founder of Foundacion Mas Que Ideas.

Listen to various examples of how word choice affects communication success, what to avoid, and what is recommended. Learn the anticipated questions technique to reduce surprise and reach the goal faster, and how patient advocates can improve their listening skills, hear from our course instructors, Marko Milovanovic and Slobodan Roksandic, from the Institute Main Point.

With various bonus techniques that will help you manage stress, two practical protocols for patient advocates when interacting with newly diagnosed patients have been created.

SEE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE ACADEMY

REGISTRATION DETAILS BEFORE ENROLMENT IN THE COURSE
Registration for this course is required. Please take a few minutes to register via the following short registration form REGISTER HERE.

You will get a confirmation email along with further instructions on how to enroll and get access to the course material, which is not publicly available. In the meantime, you can visit Blood Cancer Patient Advocates Academy to create your accounts/profiles for Signing Up, as this online course will be running over this e-learning platform.

Registration closes on April 24th.

Should you have any questions or need registration and navigation details, don’t hesitate to reach out at: academy@lepaf.org or sandra@cmladvocates.net.

*Access-related additional note to Blood Cancer Patient Advocates Academy Alumni:
All the accounts/profiles created before the Academy’s transformation are still active and valid, and you can access/sign in to your Academy account/profiles using the same credentials you used when signing up for the Academy: Home.

Please, share this call for registration with those you think this course will be useful for among your members.

Wishing you all the best and hope to see you find this course useful for your future work !